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This 👇 is probably the best answer I've ever heard to the question, "Why did God create evil?"
A professor at the university asked his students the following question:
“Everything that exists was created by God?”
One student bravely answered:
“Yes, it was created by God.”
The professor asked :
“If God created everything, then God created evil, since it exists. And according to the principle that our deeds define ourselves, then God is evil.”
The student became silent after hearing such an answer. The professor was very pleased with himself. He boasted to students for proving once again that faith in God is a myth.
Another student raised his hand and said:
“Can I ask you a question, professor?”
"Of course," replied the professor.
“Professor, is cold a thing?”
“What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you ever been cold?”
Students laughed at the young man's question.
The young man answered:
“Actually, sir, cold doesn't exist. According to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is actually the absence of heat. A person or object can be studied on whether it has or transmits energy.
Absolute zero (-460 degrees Fahrenheit) is a complete absence of heat. All matter becomes inert and unable to react at this temperature. Cold does not exist. We created this word to describe what we feel in the absence of heat.”
The student continued:
“Professor, does darkness exist?”
“Of course it exists.” said the professor.
“You're wrong again, sir. Darkness also does not exist. Darkness is actually the absence of light. We can study the light but not the darkness. We can use Newton's prism to spread white light across multiple colors and explore the different wavelengths of each color. You can't measure darkness. A simple ray of light can break into the world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you tell how dark a certain space is? You measure how much light is presented. Isn't it so? Darkness is a term man uses to describe what happens in the absence of light.”
In the end, the young man asked the professor:
“Sir, does evil exist?”
This time it was uncertain, the professor answered:
“Of course, as I said before. We see him every day. Cruelty, numerous crimes and violence throughout the world. These examples are nothing but a manifestation of evil.”
To this, the student answered:
“Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does not exist for itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is like darkness and cold—a man-made word to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not faith or love, which exist as light and warmth. Evil is the result of the absence of Divine love in the human heart. It’s the kind of cold that comes when there is no heat, or the kind of darkness that comes when there’s no light.” 🤔
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It's been a rough week... Saw this post @tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang made and got thinking
https://www.tumblr.com/tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang/742497152578797568/hes-the-opposite-rn-but-mikey-actually-looks-like
#tokyo revengers#tokrev#manjiro sano#mikey sano#sano manjiro#mikey#good vs evil#angels#fanart#tokyo revengers fanart#itaa's art
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"It's daft, locking us up," said Nanny. "I'd have had us killed."
"That's because you're basically good," said Magrat. "The good are innocent and create justice. The bad are guilty, which is why they invent mercy."
"No, I know why she's done this," said Granny darkly. "It's so's we'll know we've lost."
"But she said we'd escape," said Magrat. "I don't understand. She must know the good ones always win in the end?"
"Only in stories," said Granny, examining the door hinges. "And she thinks she's in charge of the stories. She bends them around herself. She thinks she's the good one."
Terry Pratchett, Witches Abroad
#nanny ogg#magrat garlick#granny weatherwax#esme weatherwax#lily weatherwax#discworld#witches abroad#terry pratchett#witches#magic#stories#logic#justice#mercy#imprisonment#ethics#morality#good vs evil#winning#human nature#the invention of mercy#she thinks she's the good one
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“It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people.”
—Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
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#in a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act#people can’t change the truth but truth can change people#political correctness#lunacy#stupidity#living in a upside down world#good vs evil#dumb people#dirty politics#speak truth#be fearless#please share#wwg1wga
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#darth vader#luke skywalker#the force#storm troopers#star wars#the dark side#anakin skywalker#light sabers#father vs son#the empire#the emperor#good vs evil#good vs bad#sith lord
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Is Sebastian “Evil”?
Recently, I saw a post by @puppyfan9000 about Sebastian, commenting on whether or not he is evil, suggesting he’s more like a lion, who preys on animals for survival and not because they’re “evil.”
I guess I had not fully appreciated how many people apparently view Sebastian through the lens of Christian demonology and dogma and thus view him as evil, some apparently going as far to say he’s the villain of the series. (Yana has said he’s the protagonist, actually, but go off, I guess.)
While I can’t ofc know what Yana had in mind with Sebastian when she created him, I do feel like the manga does a good job of pointing out that demons are not innately good or evil, and the truly “evil” ones are humans themselves.
(This is gonna be a bit long so I’ll go ahead and tuck the rest under a read more.)
Shinto Kami & Three Natures
One of the cores of Shinto belief is the kami, sometimes translated as “god,” though I think “deity” is better since the former often has an association with “good” in the western mindset.
The thing about kami is they aren’t good or evil; they exist outside those human parameters. They’re more like a force of nature than what we in the west might view as demonic or godly.
And each kami has 3 natures, or mitama:
aramitama - rough and wild
nigimitama - gentle and life supporting
sakimitama - nurturing
[SS from Handbook of Japanese Mythology by Michael Ashkenazi]
Think of these three as different colored liquids all contained within a vessel. Each kami has a diff amount of each, with one or more of these natures dominating in different situations and at different times.
Connected to this, the line between a “god” or “kami” and a “demon” (so many words you can use here, including akuma, or even yokai) is fluid in Shinto belief.
A kami can “fall” and “devolve” into a baser yokai or “demon” if they become impure (purity is a big part of Shinto belief and ritual), and/or if their aramitama nature becomes more dominant.
Even so, these beings aren’t considered “evil” in the same sense that a Christian views Satan as “evil.”
Just as the destruction caused by a hurricane can’t be called “evil,” the behavior of a kami or other spirit likewise is neither good nor evil. It simply is.
Yana has described him as “without shame or moral sense” but I think this is a bit misleading in translation (though the original Japanese is lost so I can’t say for sure what she said exactly). I think what she means isn’t “he’s evil” but that “he exists outside the framework of human morality.”
Humans Vs Demons in the Manga
I feel like to call Sebastian evil is to miss the fundamental message of the manga: that humans (and formerly human creatures like shinigami) are far more demonic than demons.
Ciel says that almost verbatim, depending on the translation (and if you’re talking about the manga vs the anime) at the end of the circus arc, and Seb replies that is something that sets humans and demons apart.
Sebastian doesn’t kill for the sake of killing. He only kills on command/when necessary to execute (ha) Ciel’s orders/goals. More than once he’s expressed either his distaste at Ciel’s desires, and while Ciel calls him a beast, he takes offense to that.
From Sebastian’s perspective, humans are interesting because they are more complex than demons, who seem to be driven largely by their hunger and not much else.
Recall that Sebastian hesitated to burn down Kelvin’s manor with all the children inside, and it confuses him enough he even questions Ciel about it later. Likewise, while he does kill everyone involved in the Green Witch arc, that was far less about his being “evil,” and more about his doing the job that Ciel ordered him to do while giving him a chance to get his own “revenge” for nearly losing his meal due to the effects of the gas.
I think the closest thing to “evil” Sebastian gets in the manga is when he first makes the contract with Ciel and tries to trick him by making him believe his brother is alive, since he can’t actually resurrect the dead. But I feel it’s telling that is “day one” Sebastian and he has certainly grown and changed since then.
The Ripper Arc: The First Evil
The first true arc is the ripper arc, and I think it’s important because it shows us early that while Sebastian is a literal hellspawn, it wasn’t a demon involved in the serial murders but rather a human—Madam Red—and someone who was once human—Grelle.
Grelle then kills Red in cold blood because she’s become “boring,” which, as far as we know, Grelle never regretted or felt remorse over.
I’m not quite sure if I would even call Grelle evil, but the point is clear: humans, and former humans, are more demonic than demons.
We see it again and again, with the cult, with Kelvin, with the German military in the GWA, with Undertaker and the Aurora society— perhaps it is telling that Sebastian is the only known demon in canon (no, season 2 of the anime is not canon), because it really forces us to see that even the worst of Sebastian’s actions pales in comparison to the depravity of human beings.
If we do wanna look at non-canon, the first season of the anime featured an Angel, a being that is normally associated with being “good,” who becomes so twisted and obsessed with “purity” that they let their aramitama nature take hold and commit great evil in their quest for purification. Even so much as to try and ally with a demon and offer Sebastian any souls he wishes in exchange for Ciel.
So once more we see a non-demon character being the evil one— and Pluto, who is technically a demon, isn’t “evil.” He only “becomes evil” when Ash/Angela break his mind and force him to attack the city.
Ignoring Ciel’s Commands
Finally, I think it’s important to point out that despite promising to always fulfill Ciel’s orders, there have been several times in the manga that he has disobeyed in order to protect Ciel.
One example happens in the circus arc. Ciel’s asthma flares from the harsh conditions at the circus, but he’s determined to go out regardless. But they’re stopped by Agni and Soma.
Agni then gives Sebastian a harsh lecture that makes him realize that simply always following Ciel’s orders isn’t enough if doing so puts his life at risk. So he goes against Ciel’s wishes and not only makes him rest, but let’s him sleep as long as he needs to.
Later, during the Weston arc, when confronted by Undertaker again, Sebastian ignores Ciel’s orders to try and catch him because he learned from his experiences on the Campania and doesn’t want to risk putting Ciel in danger again.
If Sebastian were truly such an evil being, an embodiment of sin, then why would he care about Ciel’s health? Yes, he’s cultivating his soul for optimum yumminess, but harvesting him a bit early wouldn’t really affect him that badly.
Though Sebastian says that he’s doing it because of the terms of their contract or because he’s “taken great pains” to cultivate Ciel’s soul and doesn’t want him stolen, I don’t think that is entirely the truth. While he ofc doesn’t want to lose his meal, I think it’s more than that.
No, he protects Ciel because he wants to. He keeps him safe and out of harm because he chooses to. And demon or not, I don’t think someone like Agni could call an evil being his friend.
#black butler#黒執事#sebastian michaelis#character analysis: sebastian michaelis#poi og#good vs evil#demons#let’s see if this shows in the tags#poi theory#100 notes#200 notes#meta
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Tower of Winter by soo _k
Indie game, "Tower of Winter" Art work.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tailormadegames.tow&hl=ko&gl=US
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Robotboy x Dexter's Laboratory Crossover Battle: Good Vs Evil (Old Art.)
#ShanxPennywise#Traditional Art#Traditional Coloured#Fanart#Ink Drawing#Drawing Practice#Old Art#Cartoon#Crossover#Robotboy#Dexter's Laboratory#Good Vs Evil#Tommy Turnbull#Dexter#Mandark#Dr Kamikazi#Battle
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Macro March…
Day 12 - BOSS BATTLE!!!!
A fight between brother, a fight between good and evil….
(Poor Stella, held captive under Carlos’ curse….)
WHO WILL WIN THIS BATTLE??
Caleb - 🤍
Carlos - 💔
@myfishei @kaiju-wolfdragon @spookyb173 @starlightgirl242 @mimiocto @psychonauts-razigula @cartoonmanic34 @mean-bf777 anyone else?
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Cutting the head off the snake in Geneva Switzerland. 🤔
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Good & Evil in Ace Attorney
So one of the things I like to pick apart in a fictional narrative where good versus evil is a relevant theme, is how does the narrative depict the nature of evil, and what tools and mechanisms does it give the protagonists to combat it.
The Ace Attorney series absolutely thematically depicts a battle of good versus evil, and the narrative position that it takes is that:
good = the truth
and evil = lies.
In Ace Attorney the hard truth is always preferable to a soft lie. Characters who lie, and twist the truth– even to help someone, or for good reasons– are cast as making a choice to do something wrong– are bringing wrongness into the world. They are not effectively fighting evil.
We can see this embodied with Simon who chooses to lie on behalf of Athena, and while this lie saves her it also is the narrative cause of her suffering and his sister's suffering. Not only this but he is literally visually shackled by his lie in the story– he's freed by the truth.
Ace Attorney also takes the position that the longer a lie goes undiscovered, the more harm that it does. A lie that's become integrated into the fabric of the world keeps people from healing from the results of harm– we can see this embodied heavily in Von Karma, and Edgeworth in the first game. Von Karma who is literally concealing the truth inside a wound in his body, and Edgeworth who is unable to move on and heal from his trauma until the truth of the matter is uncovered.
The mechanism with which the characters fight evil in the series is by discovering secrets and revealing lies, picking away at falsehoods and incorrect assumptions until only the truth, no matter how difficult to accept, remains. The narrative reality of Ace Attorney is that truth is good, that truth is healing and freeing, and that lies are like a rot or a cancer that destroy people.
The weapons by which the characters in Ace Attorney fight evil are logic and reasoning– but always tempered with faith and hope, but notice that the characters– especially Phoenix and Apollo– are motivated to pursue the truth even when it is against their best interests, and even when it looks like the truth is going to shatter their belief in someone they trust.
In Ace Attorney the battle of good and evil is presented as pursuing truth, to heal those who have been harmed and distorted by lies and false perceptions. The more serious the evil, the deeper and more ingrained in the fabric of the world the lie is.
An ultimate battle between good and evil would potentially look like the protagonists digging up the truth in a truly ancient cold case– discovering a lie that has remained ingrained in the world for centuries, amplifying the pain of others and causing them to be unable to heal. This dovetails extremely well with the existence of literal actual ghosts and spirits in the story-- haunting the narrative until the truth is uncovered, and they can finally rest.
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And then he realized why he was thinking like this.
It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#samuel vimes#jingo#discworld#terry pratchett#morality#good#evil#us vs them#good vs evil#accountability#responsibility#blame#psychology#human nature#people#ordinary people#horrible things#one of us#long quote
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Tethered Souls ( A Theory )
I don't care what anyone thinks. Rafal and Rhian's birth was from dark magic / Potion. Why? Because I have a feeling the reasons we don't get to know about their parents is because they are dead.
Now I have my fanon version of their parents. Evanora and Xicor, along with their triplets sisters, Alpa, Bethna, and Omeida ( Cool Names 😎 ) by the way.
One of the reasons I have that in mind is because Agatha and Sophie were received from Love Potions, I think Rhian Sader and Japeth could have. I'll go with yes.
I'm not saying all children that are born from dark magic, or love potions come out evil (Clear throat * Agatha *) but that could be another reason why the theory of the Soul Puppet thing comes in.
Now I had a theory for a while that The Evil parent(s) soul is reincarnated in their child(ren) and that's one of the reasons why the child grows up resenting and becoming worse?.
Don't come at me! It's just a theory.
Also what's up with the Good twin being evil, and having doubts and becoming evil.
Why the ' Evil ' twin pretends to be ' Good ' and then become evil, but their Evil is worse than the Good twin evil?.
There is something dark going on in Soman Chanani's school for the good and evil world.
That's all for now.
My ADHD Brian won't let me remember all I wanted to post. One of the reasons why I hate publishing.
Farwell for now.
- Harmony
P. S- what is up with the evil twin always trying to kill their Good twin? I'm I the only one who notices this? That's weird. Or the evil twin always wants more, while the Good twin is satisfied with their bond, or is always up to the good twin to save the day.
#rise of the school for good and evil#the school for good and evil fanfiction#school for good and evil#fall sge#fall of the school for good and evil#My post#my analysis#my journal#My theories#everyone can comment their own theories as well.#Sge Theories#Evil vs good#Good vs evil
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She knows. Brave Iranian woman.
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